In this entertaining excursion of an article, CLC columnist Freya John takes us on a culinary tour of Bilbao as she recounts her love affair with the ‘incredible, edible, small delights: pintxos.’

Eve Mayes returns to her Year Abroad column to educate us on some of the myths and truths that dominate Kazakh culture and identity.

Eve Mayes brings us her fifth instalment of her fascinating column on life in Kazakhstan, this time introducing us to Astana’s wacky hospitality culture.

For the next stop of his culinary journey through Taiwan, East Asia columnist Liam Elliott Brady takes us to the infamous rechao, where one finds the Taiwanese at their liveliest and, more often than not, their drunkest. From gongpao jiding (Kung Pao Chicken) to zhuxiegao (Pig’s Blood Cake), the rechao puts the idea of the buffet to shame through its abundance of local and foreign dishes.

Columnist Pippa Mentzel explores the brilliant and bizarre linguistic phenomena of idioms to uncover what they show us about our cultural heritage and how our imaginative human mind revels in describing the world around us. In the second instalment, Pippa talks us through the origins and usages of two bean-related idioms.

East Asia columnist Liam Elliott Brady explores Taiwan’s rich vegetarian heritage and its historical links with Buddhism.

East Asia columnist Liam Elliott Brady explores the historical development of the Taiwanese night market and its role in modern-day Taiwan.